[MJLouise]

Update day 5 Bupropion/sleep great last night was up at 5am. I’m not less depressed yet but I do feel more capable like I can handle my day. My memory is crap and my muscles around my eyes tremor really hard when I close them. I don’t want to make a Big deal out of that though. I’ll prob mention it to my doc when I go in to see her next week but I don’t want to stop the medicine so hopefully it goes away. Last time I was on this I didn’t have any tremors.

My anxiety is pretty calm.

I cooked dinner last night first time in a while I’m very health conscientious but when I’m depressed it’s hard to cook.

I did the dishes but now feel like collapsing on the couch. I hate depression. I’m usually an active person I feel guilty for not getting more done. I want my brain back.

Did anyone else have facial tremors on Bupropion?

[Sunflower123]

Originally Posted by MJLouise

Update day 5 Bupropion/sleep great last night was up at 5am. I’m not less depressed yet but I do feel more capable like I can handle my day. My memory is crap and my muscles around my eyes tremor really hard when I close them. I don’t want to make a Big deal out of that though. I’ll prob mention it to my doc when I go in to see her next week but I don’t want to stop the medicine so hopefully it goes away. Last time I was on this I didn’t have any tremors.

My anxiety is pretty calm.

I cooked dinner last night first time in a while I’m very health conscientious but when I’m depressed it’s hard to cook.

I did the dishes but now feel like collapsing on the couch. I hate depression. I’m usually an active person I feel guilty for not getting more done. I want my brain back.

Did anyone else have facial tremors on Bupropion?

I didn’t and I was on a high dose. I hope it goes away for you.

I give up on fixing my nose. GI doctor failed, Allergist failed, GP failed, ENT failed, CT scan failed. GI doctor said to use Flonase. Didn't work. Allergist said "try Dymista." Didn't work. Then she said to see a GI doctor in case reflux was irritating my nose. It was not after doing an endoscopy. The ENT doctor thinks it still might be an allergy. Said to try Dymista again because she said I do not have polyps or a deviated septum. Didn't work.

Only option left is to try Zyrtec to see if maybe it's truly an allergy or not. If that fails, then I completely give up. I'll just have to accept that I have nearly no sense of smell. It takes a very, very strong scent for me to be able to smell it. I can't even smell my own cooking, and I can BARELY smell skunks on the road, sometimes not at all. It's bad. Not that I want to smell a skunk, but just sayin.

I also do think I broke my nose when I was younger. I know it has nothing to do with the swollen part of my nose, but I have an indent. Can't tell if it affects my breathing BECAUSE NOTHING WORKS. It also affects my hearing, btw, so there's that too. Already had surgery on my ears prior to the nose issue, so hearing was already affected.

Sorry for the rant, but I've been spraying my nose everyday twice a day and nothing has happened. Maybe I'm pissy because I woke up at 1am and have been up ever since. I was bored, so I got to work at 5:30am. At least I get to leave at 1:30pm today. Meh.

I feel extremely lucky today

yesterday my dinner was off, and overnight, I had a really bad tummy ache

it continued for a lot of this morning too- I'm still amazed how I was able to eat breakfast because of the pain

but now it seems to be subsiding, and I just feel really lucky that it's not worse and that their are no other side affects

just ashame that my overeating is 10 times worse than it was yesterday and I have nothing really going for me today.

mood's okay despite not sleeping again

weather is raining

[Blueberrybook]

Here today. A bit down. Still removing from bad stomach bug of yesterday.

Working on eating 2 slices of toast 30 minutes now. Ugh. Maybe I will try a banana.

See T today at 2:30.

[Blueberrybook]

Originally Posted by Wild Coyote

Still not sleeping well.
The winds outside are just wild tonight!

I hope everyone is sleeping comfortably!


WC

So sorry. My meds stopped working for sleep and pdoc added small (25 mg) dose of trazodone. Seems to be helping.

Are you doing a sleep study soon? Or was that someone else?

[Blueberrybook]

Originally Posted by bluebicycle

I'm not sleeping well either, as it's almost 3am. Woke up at 1am, too.

Wish I had a sleepy med, as Klonopin stopped working.

Ask your pdoc, they may give you something else. Like I have Clonidine, Seroquel (dose is large so obviously more than just for sleep), but I wasn't on it in the past & had low dose Seroqel (25-50 mg for sleep). Worked wonders for me at the time. With my current combo, doc had to add 25 mg trazodone. More than that, and I am zombied. I have Klonopin, but I don't think it did a thing with my sleep. Too little sleep with BP is bad, at least for me it is.

Oh, and it's not listed, but I'm on 10 mg melatonin (pdoc suggestion). Melatonin is OTC, so is valerian. There was a point before pregnancy off the meds I had to combine meletaonin & valerian (that one really stinks) to sleep (not recommended by docs or online), but it worked for me without causing crazy panic attacks like Ambien did. Other classic PCP prescribed sleep meds didn't do a thing for me.

[Blueberrybook]

Originally Posted by MJLouise

Update day 5 Bupropion/sleep great last night was up at 5am. I’m not less depressed yet but I do feel more capable like I can handle my day. My memory is crap and my muscles around my eyes tremor really hard when I close them. I don’t want to make a Big deal out of that though. I’ll prob mention it to my doc when I go in to see her next week but I don’t want to stop the medicine so hopefully it goes away. Last time I was on this I didn’t have any tremors.

My anxiety is pretty calm.

I cooked dinner last night first time in a while I’m very health conscientious but when I’m depressed it’s hard to cook.

I did the dishes but now feel like collapsing on the couch. I hate depression. I’m usually an active person I feel guilty for not getting more done. I want my brain back.

Did anyone else have facial tremors on Bupropion?

I've had and may still have slight tremors in the past in my hands (no facial tremors). It was not noticeable until I tried to hold my hands steady or doing work in the lab, like loading a PCR or SDS-PAGE gel (that second one needs even more steadiness than PCR). I was on both Wellbutrin & Effexor, blamed the Effexor at the time, but it could have been the Wellbutrin. I know Wellbutrin makes me forget the names of common objects while talking or writing, just randomly. Tremors and most random word forgetfulness stopped when I got off Wellbutrin & Effexor (around the same time, so not easy to tell what did what).

Congrats on cooking the dinner. Meds help but definitely are not a cure-all.

[MJLouise]

Originally Posted by bluebicycle

I give up on fixing my nose. GI doctor failed, Allergist failed, GP failed, ENT failed, CT scan failed. GI doctor said to use Flonase. Didn't work. Allergist said "try Dymista." Didn't work. Then she said to see a GI doctor in case reflux was irritating my nose. It was not after doing an endoscopy. The ENT doctor thinks it still might be an allergy. Said to try Dymista again because she said I do not have polyps or a deviated septum. Didn't work.

Only option left is to try Zyrtec to see if maybe it's truly an allergy or not. If that fails, then I completely give up. I'll just have to accept that I have nearly no sense of smell. It takes a very, very strong scent for me to be able to smell it. I can't even smell my own cooking, and I can BARELY smell skunks on the road, sometimes not at all. It's bad. Not that I want to smell a skunk, but just sayin.

I also do think I broke my nose when I was younger. I know it has nothing to do with the swollen part of my nose, but I have an indent. Can't tell if it affects my breathing BECAUSE NOTHING WORKS. It also affects my hearing, btw, so there's that too. Already had surgery on my ears prior to the nose issue, so hearing was already affected.

Sorry for the rant, but I've been spraying my nose everyday twice a day and nothing has happened. Maybe I'm pissy because I woke up at 1am and have been up ever since. I was bored, so I got to work at 5:30am. At least I get to leave at 1:30pm today. Meh.

Did they check to see if you actually have any olfactory senses you may not my brother has this : Anosmia is the inability to perceive odor or a lack of functioning olfaction—the loss of the sense of smell. ... A related term, hyposmia, refers to a decreased ability to smell, while hyperosmia refers to an increased ability to smell. Some people may be anosmic for one particular odor.

We all thought he just didn’t care about the rancid odor in his room now he’s an adult he’s seeing s specialist for a rare genetic condition an endocrinologist he actually doesn’t have any sence of smell at all. I don’t think there’s anything you can do about it. At least that’s the impression the dr gave my brother.

[Victoria'smom]

Please be careful with Neosporin, it can sensitize the skin

Thank for the heads up. I don't need his skin to be Sensitive. I wont use it again.

[Wild Coyote]

Originally Posted by Blueberrybook

So sorry. My meds stopped working for sleep and pdoc added small (25 mg) dose of trazodone. Seems to be helping.

Are you doing a sleep study soon? Or was that someone else?

Hi, Thanks. Yes, that was me. I have a sleep consult with a sleep specialist in November.

I don't know how long the study will take. The local university hospital has about 400 people waiting for sleep studies, so I am going to an independent sleep lab.

I cannot take trazodone because of the heart QT interval prolongation. I am already on a med which does the same and it can be very dangerous to use multiple meds with this potential.

Thank you!

WC

[BeyondtheRainbow]

MM- It is safe to use Aquaphor on the skin. Maybe that would help?

I got up at 4:00am today after six hours of sleep and felt fine and frisky! I made vegetarian chili. I almost never cook but since i am a new vegetarian i find i want to because my options are so limited. The recipe i used called for cashews and rasins -- quite interesting! It also called for red wine vinegar and six spices. It's really tasty!

TRIGGER ALERT for gender fluidity

Mired in an identity crisis, I tried to change my name to Crank Frankshaft, but where I live it's easier to change your gender than your name.

I'm afraid I'm experiencing some major performance anxiety. I was preparing homework for my adult school class tonight and I'm in a panic. I thought the class was tomorrow, but found it was tonight. I just don't want to go. I'm only taking this particular class to satisfy my husband. It is supposed to be something that could help prepare me for an idea my husband dreamed up. One I'm not fully on board with. I had rather have taken French.

I am feeling sick because of nerves, but confess that I lied to my husband and told him I threw up. I kind of feel I could, at least mentally. Though the class should/would yield some helpful advice for what I'm taking it for, the instructor leads it as a TV/radio commercial acting preparation. I'm not good at acting at all, and feel way out of my element. The recordings I made based on the "homework" sound terrible! The potential recordings I will need to make would be totally different. They would be more conversational or educational, and less Tide clothes washing detergent advertisement or Tony the Tiger "Grrrrrrrrreat!" I'm also the only female in the class.

I don't always have performance anxiety. It's sort of selective performance anxiety. I'm usually quite confident one on one, but in front of groups it's much harder for me (some stage fright), unless I'm doing/talking about something I'm quite familiar with.

[Wild Coyote]

It's a gorgeous day here. Sunny, cool and beautiful bright colors!

Mood has been iffy today. Sun has helped.

Love to All!

WC

[yellow_fleurs]

Being irritable over nothing is really annoying. Just feels like my head will explode. Fortunately it is better than other months by a tad and I can mostly sit still at my desk at work with just a little fidgeting, it is the drive home where I get stuck in traffic that is painful. Not road rage, just agitation or something and and urge to move. I try taking deep breaths. It helps a tiny bit, but not enough. Exercise is out until my back improves. It's not that I cannot handle some irritability or a bad mood. This past year, I just felt like I trained for the 5k and showed up to find out I was running a marathon haha.

[Faltering]

I'm stressed out at work, which is at a school. I have to handle severe behavior problems and they usually take the entire day.

Possible trigger:

Today there was a suicidal fifth grade child who was actively trying to kill himself.

It's just hard to deal with when I have my own mental health problems to attend to. I don't have the answers on how to "fix" these kids and I feel like I'm supposed to.

Originally Posted by Faltering

I'm stressed out at work, which is at a school. I have to handle severe behavior problems and they usually take the entire day.

Possible trigger:

Today there was a suicidal fifth grade child who was actively trying to kill himself.

It's just hard to deal with when I have my own mental health problems to attend to. I don't have the answers on how to "fix" these kids and I feel like I'm supposed to.

That must have been so scary! I'm so sorry you had to witness such a thing, and am so so sorry for the young boy! I hope he is getting intensive help.

Possible trigger:

I know such threats by young children must be taken seriously. My youngest nephew's first attempt was by eating rat poison. He was just a little kid.

[~Christina]

Sorry I can’t reply to everyone I’m overwhelmed

My shoulder pain might be cervical neck so I need a MRI and nerve conduction study done ( gulp) such a fun painful test.

Of course the financial aspect of have testing done and ortho appts is a problem , don’t ask but I feel like a worthless bother today over it all.

It’s been dreary rainy and damp chill all day.

My sleep is off, I don’t think I need to wake up every hour all night long .. grrr

Seeing my T tomorrow Ooooo do I need it !

Hugs to everyone that needs them

[TheSeaCat]

Originally Posted by ~Christina

Sorry I can’t reply to everyone I’m overwhelmed

My shoulder pain might be cervical neck so I need a MRI and nerve conduction study done ( gulp) such a fun painful test.

Of course the financial aspect of have testing done and ortho appts is a problem , don’t ask but I feel like a worthless bother today over it all.

It’s been dreary rainy and damp chill all day.

My sleep is off, I don’t think I need to wake up every hour all night long .. grrr

Seeing my T tomorrow Ooooo do I need it !

Hugs to everyone that needs them

Yikes there is nothing worse than test that are painful and I totally understand the financial aspect medical bills are just terribly overpriced. You are not a worthless bother. I hope you get better sleep and that the T appointment goes well.

[TheSeaCat]

I'm tired today I didn't take my night meds at my usual time and I woke up later than usual. Still haven't heard anything about Cardiology so I think I just need to bug them tomorrow.

Hugs to everyone

[scatterbrained04]

Having a good day! Saw pdoc this morning, and he's letting me go 2 months without seeing him again! I've been going monthly for awhile now. Gets expensive as he doesn't take insurance. Hoping I can get back to every 3 months soon. That hasn't happened since the major episode I had spring of last year. Anyway, that made my day.

[hopeless2015]

Sending hugs to all

I'm finally starting to feel better. Cough is much better. Still very, very sore through my ribs. That will just take time to heal..I have no doubt that I pulled muscles coughing.

[Sunflower123]

I was persistent today and got referred to physical therapy. Yay!!

I’ve been up since midnight with panic attacks and I’m really sleepy now. I hope to get a good night’s sleep and start fresh tomorrow.

Goodnight to all and hugs to everyone.